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Loggings => Shortwave Broadcast => Topic started by: Chanter on January 30, 2013, 2153 UTC
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I'm still amazed that I caught even a whisper of this one. Could I have misidentified this one? I never could get an ID, and I know at least one religious broadcaster used to use this frequency. They seem to have moved with the winter schedule change, and Libya is the only broadcaster I could find listed as on 11600. I am boggled. Thrilled, too! I've been trying for this one for months, no joy. Then suddenly today - boom!
11600, Radio Libya, 1958-2010Z. Talk mainly from a male presenter, presumably news, from tune-in to tune-out. Language was Arabic with what sounded like French influences, which would be understandable. Signal almost fair at peaks, at or just above the noise floor otherwise. SINPO 33233.
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Very nice. Have tried to grab them on occasion, but never have found them.
short-wave.info shows them on 0900-2130Z daily and the only broadcaster on 11600 at any time.
Will have to try and hunt them again... If I remember tomorrow morning, will try them before going to work.
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That was one of the sources I consulted before I went anywhere with that log, the other being EiBi. Both pretty darn trustworthy. I'm still in awe of catching that one at all. :)
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Listened this morning and this evening and heard nothing.
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Possible that it was- yesterday was fabulous dxing. Many stations heard that I've rarely to ever have caught.
BBC via Kranji heard well here in Arizona, R Amazona(!) fair to poor amazing- all of the Koreans fair including Voice of Hope 6003. AFN 5765 usb was quite listenable as well. RNZ is usually rather poor but was good, R Aus Shepparton good, even CFRX 6070 (not a usual catch) was fine. All around 10:30 and later UTC. Not a QSLer so no logs set in stone (or paper..) R Aus boomed in better than MW locals- gorgeous receptions. 4905 khz spanish? unsure, and not good enough copy to ID - either way it could have been Radio Relogia at 5kW brazil, or another brazilian at 1kW R Anhanguera.
One unid 5858.7(?) very narrow band with what YL mil-sounding like "comms check, comms check" then data streams mode I am not familiar with. QRG closest mark was 5.8594 mhz for sailmail, possible considering unfamiliar with sailmail digi-sounds.
Conditions were excellent from about 10:30UTC til 12:00 UTC/530am local time.
Hopeful for similar conditions again today. This time with logs as they could be useful considering the exceptional catches.
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I've had some pretty wild conditions here myself the last two days or so, especially to East Africa. Last night netted me Eritrea and Somaliland/Somalia on 7180 and 7120 respectively, both much clearer than usual. This morning I had Voice of the Tigray Revolution on 5950 for the first time. I'm going to try for a proper log tomorrow morning - couldn't then due to life interfering. Ah well. I also had a tentative Djibouti on 4780, and a tentative Swaziland TRW on 4775 both last evening and the night before. If I get Djibouti properly, I will be delighted!
If conditions are like this all across the board, it's no wonder Libya came in! I wish Voix Du Sahel were on later on weekends; I'd try for them too. Alas.
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Nice logs, Chanter!
I agree with respect to E Africa. UBC 4976 was in very fat last night. My white whale on 5066 had a good het as early as 0340, but still not a trace of audio.
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4976 had a carrier last night, but I didn't investigate. I thought that was the Voice of Iranian Kurdistan! Oops. I'll have to check that one again tonight. As for your 5066 station... now I'm curious!